Bicentennary Joy

ACRS, 1987, Camellia News, No.103, p.23, Reg. No.356 with colour photo back cover: Originated by G.W. Hooper, Bexley North, NSW., Australia. A chance seedling from Doris Hirst that first flowered 1980. A white, formal double flower, 9 cm across x 4 cm deep, with a soft cream centre and distictive fluted petals. Plant growth is slow and upright. Leaves ovate, flat. glossy green with fine serrations, 11 cm long x 5.5 cm wide. The flower occasionally shows petaloids.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.30.

Bicentenary Joy   北极光 （C. japonica)  红山茶。1987，澳大利亚 NSW，Bexley North，G.W. Hooper培育选出。’Doris Hirst' 自然实生种。初花1980年。完全形、白色、乳黄色花心，中轮(9 x 4cm)、花期12〜3月、树性直立、生长缓慢。花名：百年之喜。

Bicentenary Joy (北极光)一茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.3/28, No.100.